Ukraine exports 7,000 tons of wheat to Iran in September

TEHRAN,Nov. 13 (MNA) -- Iran imported some 7,000 tons of wheat from Ukraine, valued at around $2 million, in September, a Ukrainian state official announced. The total exported wheat from Ukraine in September hit 1.58 million tons, worth 401 million dollars. Iran plans to export 2 million metric tons of wheat in the current Iranian calendar year (to end March 2012) after a cut in government subsidies reduced domestic consumption of the grain. Iran had no wheat exports in the previous year and forecasts an increase in output beyond the 15 million metric tons produced last year, Iran Economic Affairs and Finance Minister Shamseddin Hosseini said in July.